Tuesday, August 20, 2013

TRENTON – The veteran state lawmaker said to be at the center of Gov. Chris Christie’s decision not to renominate a Supreme Court justice says he prefers another interim judge to serve on the bench over any Christie appointee.

Sen. Ray Lesniak, (D-20), who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee that ultimately will decide whether Christie’s nominee makes it to the court, told PolitickerNJ he’s more comfortable with New Jersey’s high court getting another temporary justice over anyone tapped by Christie – including the governor’s latest nomination, Judge Faustino Fernandez-Vina.